Saturday, January 29, 2011

Disperse Dye WorkshopsVarious Groups

Tutor: Marie-Therese Wisniowski

PreambleThis blogspot exhibits many of my students outputs from a variety of workshops. There are one, two and five day workshops as well as workshops that have a different focus. Nevertheless, it always surprises me how much I learn from my students and how enthusiastic they are to learn and so for your convenience, I have listed the workshop posts below.

IntroductionThis post follows on from last week's post and includes additional information on disperse dyes. It also covers some of the works created at my one and two-day disperse dye workshops with numerous textile groups.

Disperse Dye InformationDisperse dyes are lightfast, washfast, colourfast and produce strong hues on synthetics. They are produced in a powdered form (wear a mask when working with the dyes in their powder state) and mixed with very warm to hot water. The intensity of hue is determined by the amount of dye that is mixed with the water, less dye will result in a pale colour whilst more dye will result in very intense colour. The dyes are transparent (printing a blue area over a yellow will produce green) and so lend themselves to layering and overprinting to build up rich and complex surfaces as well as create delicate and subtle imagery. The dyes can be intermixed to create your own suite of palette colours.

Most brands are completely free of organic solvents making them an environmentally friendly option in the studio and as the process uses non-toxic materials, the dyes are safe to use with children (check material safety data sheets for information). The transfer printing process is also considered environmentally friendly as it produces little waste (the transfer paper). No expensive equipment is required as the heat and pressure can be attained with a household iron and photocopy paper. When washing out dye pots and palettes, the excess dye can be washed in the drain with no harmful effects to sewer or septic systems. Better still use up excess dye by applying the dye to papers. The painted papers can be stored and reused at a later date.

One and Two-Day Workshop Synopsis:
In Pursuit of Complex Cloth: Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing WorkshopsThis two-day workshop was an introduction to the dye sublimation process (transfer printing). A fun and exciting class where students created their own custom dyed fabric using disperse dyes via direct imaging, experimental and layering exercises. They applied painted, textured and printed imagery onto papers with disperse dyes and then transfer printed them to polyester and blended fabrics to create a suite of color and pattern studies via an iron or heat press. Studies included the creation of complex cloth using multiple printing and resist exercises. One such technique they employed was the tutor’s signature flora technique, which she has termed as MultiSperse Dye Sublimation (MSDS). See the participant’s outputs given below.

With these new skills they could then collage, layer, applique, hand and machine embellish their newly made fabrics into truly unique creative expressions.

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2018 CrossXpollinatioN Exhibition - Journey's

Marie-Therese has been invited to be a 'Feature Artist' at the '2018 CrossXpollinatioN' exhibition which is themed 'Journey's'. Her ArtCloth Installation 'Timelines: An Environmental Journey' will be exhibited at the Colac Otway Performing Arts & Cultural Centre, Colac, Victoria from the 7th - 29th July 2018. The installation will feature works employing her signature MultiSperse Dye Sublimation (MSDS) technique on synthetic fibres.Click on the image to see how the Gondwana II was created.

Art Quill Studio @ Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair.

2018 Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair at the International Convention Centre, Sydney, from the 20th – 24th June.Art Quill Studio can be found at stand no. G29_LP1 where my unique and contemporary hand dyed, hand painted and hand printed ArtCloth fabric lengths, fat quarters, fabric samplers and scarves will be available as well as my one-off/limited edition digitally designed ArtCloth fabric lengths.Click on the image to view some of my fabric lengths and the techniques used to make them.

I have uploaded a new Glossary on my blogspot.The Glossary of Paper, Photography, Printing, Prints and Publication Terms is highly focused, containing definitions and terms pertinent to the specific categories in the title. Click on the image to access it!

MEMORIESWoven Heritage Exhibition

Marie-Therese's ArtCloth print, 'Memories' is included in the Zayed University Permanent Collection Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Click on the image to read about Marie-Therese's artwork/technique which was previously exhibited at a solo exhibition at Sydney's Eden Garden Gallery.

About Me

I work full time as a studio artist, researcher, author, curator, speaker and tutor. I am also the Director of Art Quill Studio, The Education Division of Art Quill & Co. Pty. Ltd. at Arcadia Vale, NSW, Australia. I teach as a casual lecturer at The University of Newcastle (Australia) and I am the former co-editor of Textile Fibre Forum art magazine.

Employing my signature techniques I specialize in the area of ArtCloth, artist printmaker books and limited edition prints.

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